Reading list for the comprehensive exam-December 2021.

A
1 Sustainable Development, Corporate Sustainability
and the Circular Economy

2 Business Models and Circular Business Models

State of the Art in the Current Literature

3 Circular Business Models: Some Theoretical Insights

The Theoretical Foundations of Circular Business Models
The Natural-Resource-Based-View of the Firm
Institutions and the Neo-Institutional Theory

The book “BUSINESS MODELS IN THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Concepts,

Examples and Theory” by Roberta De Angelis. ISBN 978-3-319-75127-6
(eBook), Palgrave.
The e-book will be sent to the students.

B.
Chapters 5 through 9 of the book... “ Waste to Wealth: The Circular Economy
Advantage, by Peter Lacy & Jakob Rutqvist.

C
The following topics may be covered from the world bank report on “What a
Waste 2.0 : A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050”.
1. At a Glance: A Global Picture of Solid Waste Management pp
17-38

2. Regional Snapshots pp 39-86

3. Waste Administration and Operations pp 87-
100
4. Financing and Cost Recovery for Waste Management Systems pp
101-114
5. Waste and Society pp 115-
132
The report is available at
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/30317

Sustainable Development from an Islamic Perspective: Meaning, Implications, and

Policy Concerns.